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I put all my old coop bedding into the chicken run. The first two winters I used wood chips, and they worked great. The past two winters, I used paper shreds and they work even better because they compost much faster in the chicken run.@gtaus can I just fork old/dirty coop bedding (we're using pine shavings) into the run?
Your used pine shavings from the coop should be great for the chicken run. To make great compost, mix in some grass clippings this spring/summer. Compost works best when you mix the browns (e.g. pine shavings) and greens (e.g. grass clippings). The chickens will scratch and peck the litter and mix everything together looking for worms and bugs to eat. They are natural composters.
My run is only covered with bird netting, so the natural rain gets on the run litter all the time. If you have a covered run, you will have to spray down the litter every once in a while, to keep the compost at that wrung out sponge consistency.